William SWAFFORD

"Another of New Zealand's early settlers, Mr William Swafford passed away at the Picton Hospital on Saturday last at the age of 81 years. The deceased arrived in Wellington with the first colonists, and some ten years ago went to reside near Havelock with his sons."Evening Post 5th Aug 1897

William married Harriet Elizabeth LANE, daughter of Richard LANE and Susanna Ann ADAMS, about 1841 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. (Harriet Elizabeth LANE was born in 1820 in Chatham, Kent, England, christened on 14 Apr 1821 in Chatham, Kent, England, died on 16 Dec 1888 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. and was buried on 19 Dec 1888 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand..)